QuestionsVinča signsWhen were the Tărtăria tablets made, and are they genuine Neolithic objects from the pit Vlassa described?Answer
Answer · Vinča signs
Later intrusive tablets showing Mesopotamian contact
The Tărtăria tablets are ancient but intrusive: objects of about 3000 BC reflecting contact with Mesopotamian writing, which worked their way into an older Vinča deposit.
Where it stands
Still possibleOne piece of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.
What it predicts
- Direct dating of the tablets gives a late fourth- or third-millennium BC result.
- The tablets' clay or technique differs from the Vinča pottery of the pit.
- Comparable grouped-sign tablets turn up in third-millennium Balkan or Anatolian contexts.
What would rule it out
- Direct dating gives a sixth-millennium result consistent with the bones.
- The sign matches with Jemdet Nasr are shown to be no better than chance matches with any set of simple geometric signs.
Evidence 1 for · 1 against
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The questions it answers
Cite it
Mysteries Department. (2026). Later intrusive tablets showing Mesopotamian contact [Answer ANS0DEDYKE3ED1G]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0DEDYKE3ED1G
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